CHAPTER XX. 
I. PENINSULA PROVINCE. 
1. West CoRNWALL 3. SouTtH Devon. 
WITH SCILLY. 4. NortH DEVoN. 
2, East CoRNWALL. 5. SOUTH SOMERSET. 
6. NortH SoMERSEY?. 
Cornwall. 
“The adder is by far the most common and widely 
distributed snake in this county. Many instances 
occur of people and dogs (especially hounds) being 
bitten by this species. 
“Tn the two years 1898-1900 I killed six male 
and five female adders. The males averaged 20} 
inches long, | 
largest male was 24} inches, the largest female 224 
the females half an inch longer. The 
inches, these being a pair taken together. The small- 
est male was 134 
inches, these two also being a pair. Of the eleven 
inches, the smallest female 184 
adders killed there were three pairs: nine were 
killed in the month of April, one in May, and one 
in August. 
